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Actor and producer Tyler Perry has expressed interest in acquiring a majority stake of BET Media Group from Paramount Global, PARA -2.43% according to people…
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Disney’s DIS -0.84% smallest superhero doesn’t appear to have much legs. That is a growing problem for the Mouse House, and for those showcasing its fare.…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD -1.14% is suing Paramount Global, PARA -4.86% saying it paid the rival media…
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Ant-Man often bests his enemies by shrinking to the size of an insect or growing as tall as a skyscraper, as the situation demands. The character’s ticket sales seem to be supersizing with each new movie that comes out.“Ant-Man and the…
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FEELY, Mont.—Helen Mirren had her shoes off and her feet propped close to a hissing propane heater. With co-stars Harrison Ford and Timothy Dalton she was huddled in a nook of a hollow building, a film set…
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Bob Iger had been out of Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.45% for nearly a year, but as most people around him knew, he had never really let go. Acting almost as a shadow CEO, he had undermined…
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An advertising slowdown, economic worries and strains of the shift to streaming have many major media companies in cost-cutting and layoff mode.News organizations, TV networks, movie and television studios, and entertainment giants laid off…
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Independent Franchise Partners, a London-based investment firm and one of the largest non-Murdoch holders of both News Corp and Fox, said it told a special committee of News Corp’s board last month that it thinks a combination on its own…
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“We’re not concerned at all about creating any confusion,” he said in an interview with CNBC later that afternoon. Less than a month later, the two men were at odds over Mr. Chapek’s plan to lay off tens of thousands of workers…
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Walt Disney Co. DIS -1.40% has brought back the CEO responsible for its pivot to streaming. As he returns, Robert Iger has to navigate a competitive…
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